John J. Brown, S.J. (also known asKsistaki-Poka), was an American Roman Catholicpriest and educator. A Blackfoot man, he was the first full-blooded Native American ordained to the Catholic priesthood.
Brown grew up in the eastern United States and attended Catholic school in Philadelphia andBrowning, Montana.[1] He continued his studies atLoyola University Chicago where he earned a degree in theology.[2] He joined the Jesuit order and was ordained on June 16, 1948, atSt. Ignatius Mission in Montana.[3]
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